BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian government forces and rebels have clashed overnight in northwest Syria for the first time since an earthquake devastated the region on Feb. 6, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Friday. The northwest, one of the region’s most badly affected by the earthquake that hit Syria and Turkey, is controlled …
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GABORONE (Reuters) – De Beers is confident of maintaining its long-standing partnership with Botswana, a company official told Reuters on Thursday, but said some of the negotiations to agree new terms were complex. Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi on Sunday threatened to walk away from talks on the extension of De Beers’ mining rights in the country …
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By Ngouda Dione DAKAR (Reuters) – Police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of supporters of Senegal opposition leader Ousmane Sonko on Thursday after he left court in the capital Dakar where hearings are underway in a libel case against him. The demonstrations are the latest sign of unrest in the West African country where …
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LAGOS (Reuters) – The United Nations on Thursday appealed for $1.3 billion to provide assistance to six million Nigerians who are suffering the impact of a long-running Islamist insurgency in the northeast of the country. The militant Boko Haram group and its offshoot, Islamic State West Africa Province, have been fighting Nigerian security forces in …
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MOSCÚ, 17 feb (Reuters) – El Ministerio de Finanzas de Rusia mantiene sus planes de registrar un déficit presupuestario no superior al 2% del producto interior bruto (PIB) en 2023, a pesar de que el elevado gasto y la caída de los ingresos energéticos contribuyeron a un enorme déficit en enero. Rusia registró un déficit …
16 feb (Reuters) – El delantero y antiguo internacional la selección de fútbol española Fernando Llorente anunció este jueves su retirada a los 37 años, poniendo fin a una carrera de 18 años en la que formó parte del combinado que ganó el Mundial de 2010 y la Eurocopa de 2012. Llorente jugó en clubes …
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(Reuters) – British medical products maker Smith+Nephew named Rupert Soames as its new chairman designate, succeeding Roberto Quarta who is set to retire from his role this year. Soames, grandson of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, was former chief executive officer at British outsourcing company Serco Group until September. Soames will be appointed as …
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China is widely expected to leave its benchmark lending rates unchanged at the monthly fixing on Monday, a Reuters survey showed, as investors believe the world’s second-largest economy is on track to recover from COVID-19 slumps. Some early signs of recovery seen from a bout of better-than-expected economic data since Beijing’s abrupt …
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By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s president on Thursday rejected “foreign interference and harm to the country’s sovereignty” after the United States raised concerns over a recent wave of arrests of his critics. “We are able to diagnose our problems,” President Kais Saied said, adding whoever wants to help Tunisians should “return our looted …
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Por Suhaib Salem y Ali Kucukgocmen KAHRAMANMARAS/ANTIOQUÍA, Turquía, 17 feb (Reuters) – Las agencias internacionales de ayuda están intensificando sus esfuerzos para ayudar a millones de personas sin hogar, muchas de las cuales están durmiendo en tiendas de campaña, mezquitas, escuelas o coches, once días después de que un fuerte terremoto sacudiera Turquía y Siria …
